Why do people dread being alone? Being alone is when I feel most at home, most at peace with myself, others and the world.

Solitude is where one discovers one is not alone.

Thinking is a way of condemning oneself to solitude.

Night is the secret place in everyone.

There is something worse than always being alone-never being alone.

To withdraw from society, to be alone, without beliefs, opinions, concerns, is the best medicine a person can give themselves.

The essentials: air, food, water, sleep, leisure, exercise, solitude, companionship. The inessentials: everything else.

The best writing comes out of extreme solitude and is aimed at nothing and no one.

Those who hide in the shadows don't want to be found. They want to be free.